After the rain, Taoyuan Village is shrouded in a layer of mist, and walking on the village path made of stone slabs is like a painting.

I heard that the distinguished guests of the village were coming, and men, women, and children came out to greet them, and the onlookers watched, and the stars surrounded Wang Zhuo and them like the moon.

Since the repair of the oil residue road, the spiritual outlook of Taoyuan people has undergone earth-shaking changes, many children and women have seen cars for the first time in their lives, used telephones for the first time, watched TV sets, sat in cars for the first time, and knew for the first time that the world was so big, and there were countless things outside that they had never heard of.

"Uncle Wang Zhuo!"

A pretty girl squeezed in from the periphery of the crowd, and it turned out to be Meng Shengnan, the second daughter of the village chief Meng Mingming.

Meng Shengnan is fifteen years old, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, medium height, looks a little like an actress who has played Xiaolongnu, in Taoyuan Village, an isolated place, a girl can get married at the age of sixteen, don't look at her age, it's time to talk about her mother-in-law's family.

"It's Sheng Nan," Guan Yingying took Meng Sheng Nan's hand and asked with a smile, "Your father didn't say when they will come back?" ”

"It won't be until dark to get home." Meng Shengnan smiled: "Now that the village has electric lights, it doesn't matter how late you come back." ”

Meng Mingliang took a group of young and middle-aged male laborers to the mining area to do labor, from the time of road construction, Taoyuan Village organized such a labor team, after the road was repaired, they transferred to the mining area to work, the village people are very satisfied with this income.

"Got home after dark?" Wang Zhuo was stunned for a moment and asked, "Then will they be in danger on the road, there are wild beasts in the mountains?" ”

"Abba is not afraid!" Meng Shengnan's proud small chest that was beginning to take shape, "There are more than 20 of them, and they have weapons in their hands, and wolves and wild boars dare not provoke them." ”

Wang Zhuo smiled dumbly, the so-called weapons are estimated to be just a few firewood knives and sticks, but Taoyuan people grew up in the mountains, since it is a team of more than 20 people, they must not be afraid of any beasts.

Just a few years ago, there was a matter of hungry wolves entering the village to find food, Taoyuan people have lived like this for generations, and the two pig cages where they held human traffickers were actually made to protect the piglets from being eaten by wolves, and every household used to have this kind of thing.

Looking at the time, it is now twelve o'clock at noon, and it takes two hours to walk from the village to the mining area, and it only takes half an hour to drive, so Wang Zhuo is not in a hurry to leave, and plans to have a meal in the village first and rest for a while.

Under the leadership of Meng Shengnan, Wang Zhuo, Qi Fei, Guan Yingying, and Lu Weimin walked to the village chief Meng Mingming's house, and the four female bodyguards temporarily stayed to take care of the car.

After walking for a while, Wang Zhuo found that there were many more things in the village that he didn't have before, and couldn't help asking: "Sheng Nan, when did your family buy the TV?" ”

"Last month." Meng Shengnan said happily: "As soon as the electricity was connected, the leaders of the county came, and the household appliances we contacted went to the countryside, and many families in the village made money when they built roads, so they bought them together, what is it called...... Buy! ”

Taoyuan people have played group buying? Wang Zhuo and the second daughter glanced at each other and laughed.

"The technician of the home appliance company said that the fog in our village was too big, and the iron pot lid was easy to rust, and he also replaced us with a more advanced composite pot lid for free." Meng Shengnan smiled: "I don't understand what they say, and Abba doesn't understand either." ”

"Pot lid? It's a satellite dish. Lu Weimin looked around a few times, and sure enough, he found a satellite dish with a diameter of about 30 centimeters on a telephone pole.

"Yes, that's right, it's called a satellite dish." Meng Shengnan nodded and said: "You can receive more than 30 channels, everyone says that there are too many channels, and you can't watch them." ”

What a happy complaint...... Wang Zhuoxin said that the 80 channels of the people in the city are not able to choose the programs they like to watch, and the more than 30 channels of Taoyuan people are very satisfied, maybe this is simple happiness.

Guan Yingying asked mischievously: "Is there anyone in the village who got into a fight because of grabbing the remote control?" ”

"No?" Meng Shengnan asked puzzledly: "Why do you want to grab the remote control?" ”

Guan Yingying smiled: "For example, if you want to watch the movie channel, and your father wants to watch the agriculture channel, won't there be a fight?" ”

"I can go to the neighbor's house and see what I like." Meng Shengnan said as a matter of course: "There are more than 70 households in the village, and now there are only more than 20 TVs, and each one watches a different channel. ”

Wang Zhuo's mind immediately thought of a scene, every night, Taoyuan Village is like a lively bazaar, every person with a TV has several guests, when the channel inserts advertisements, everyone takes advantage of this time to run to another house to watch other programs, or take advantage of this time to go to the toilet or something, what a lively scene!

When I arrived at Meng Mingliang's house, as Wang Zhuo expected, there were several sisters-in-law and daughters-in-law sitting in the room with a TV, doing manual work and watching TV dramas at the same time.

After having a meal at Meng Mingming's house and chatting with Meng's sister-in-law for a while, Wang Zhuo and the others got up and went straight to the Taoyuan copper mining area.

This section of the journey is very close if you walk in a straight line, Wang Zhuo took the little boy Xiaokang from the hot springs in the back of the peach forest to walk there, and only walked for more than an hour, if you start from the village, you only need to walk for two hours, but this section of the road is full of mountains, because of the rush of time, the viaduct through the mountain tunnel and the viaduct over the valley has not yet been constructed, and now there is only a temporary paved oil residue mountain road, even the safety fence is not installed, and the car can not run at all.

After walking for more than 40 minutes, he finally came to the mining area of Taoyuan Copper Mine, Qi Fei felt that he was going to be dizzy, his face was pale and his legs were weak, and he had to be helped by Wang Zhuo when he got out of the car.

Guan Yingying was also sick to her stomach, and said with a wry smile: "If I knew this, it would be better to drive that RV over, and it would be more stable." ”

Wang Zhuo shook his head with a smile and said: "I think it's better to forget it, this road is quite dangerous, it's okay to have acquaintances to guide the way, if we drive over directly, we will plant in the ditch if we don't do it." ”

"Wang Zhuo is right, this road is really not easy to walk." Lu Weimin jumped out of the car and walked over, sighing: "After returning from the army to a local job, it is the first time I have encountered such a curved road. ”

The four of them were chatting here, and Li Mengling, who was in the back car, also got out of the car and walked over, and at this moment, there were also two cars in the mining area that were quickly driving towards this side, and it seemed that they were the staff who came to greet them.

The two cars that greeted them were a jeep and a pickup, both of which were inexpensive domestic cars, which were suitable for use in the environment of the mining area, on the way Wang Zhuo had already spoken to the mining area on the phone, and they were greeted by Yan Xiaopeng, the general manager of the Shengshi Dynasty Mining Company, and Gong Qiang, the chief engineer.

Although Wang Zhuo and them are at a higher level than Yan Xiaopeng and Gong Qiang, here, these two are the real family members, Wang Zhuo and they only have the right to put forward opinions and suggestions, and they are not suitable for pointing fingers at specific work.

Yan Xiaopeng is a slightly tall, thin middle-aged man, Gong Qiang is over sixty years old, and after retiring from a state-owned enterprise, he was hired by the Shengshi Dynasty, he is an international expert in this field, and he is a rare and indispensable professional, so Wang Zhuo still has great respect for this old man.

To put it vulgarly, these two are both people who help him make money, can he not offer these two little gods of wealth?

Everyone is also acquaintances, and without some introductions and greetings, Yan Xiaopeng personally removed the roadblock and invited Wang Zhuo to get into his jeep, and the four cars went straight into the mining area.

"It's the first time Chairman Wang has come, right?" Yan Xiaopeng smiled and said: "You came at the right time, the ribbon will be cut and started the day after tomorrow, just to supervise and guide our work." ”

"Guidance can't be discussed, but supervision can be done." Wang Zhuo joked and said: "But I only know a little about this field, if you say something wrong, don't laugh at me." ”

Gong Qiang smiled on the side and gave a thumbs up: "Wang Dong is really a bright person!" ”

"Let's go up the slope first!" Yan Xiaopeng turned on the turn signal, turned the steering wheel, and drove towards a large dirt slope on a fork in the road.

The initial development of Taoyuan Copper Mine is a small hill on one half side, the early construction has stripped off the soil layer on this hill, exposing the ore veins and rocks below, this large soil slope is piled out with the soil layer that has been picked down, and after the jeep drives to the soil slope, it can overlook the construction site of the first phase of the Taoyuan Copper Mine.

There were scattered rains in the sky, there were about 100 square meters of flat land on the dirt slope, two cars had been parked, three people were standing on the edge of the dirt slope, one person was holding a large parasol to keep out the rain, and the other two were taking pictures of the mining area with their cameras.

"They are reporters from the provincial newspaper," Yan Xiaopeng told Wang Zhuo: "This is to collect and edit in advance and prepare press releases." ”

Wang Zhuo looked up at the sky and said, "In this kind of weather, the photos taken don't seem to be very beautiful. ”

Yan Xiaopeng nodded and said, "Now I am most afraid of rain after tomorrow, which will affect the effect of the ribbon-cutting ceremony." ”

Guan Yingying smiled and said: "Isn't it good that the secretary of the provincial party committee braved the rain to attend the groundbreaking ceremony?" ”

"It makes sense." Yan Xiaopeng nodded with a smile.

Looking down from this soil slope, there is a wide mountain col in front, the arc of the surface is somewhat like being grazed by a huge spherical meteor, leaving an arc-shaped groove, the edge of the copper ore vein starts from here, extends to the col, below the soil slope, there are about dozens of acres of land surface has been lifted, revealing the ore layer below, the scene is very spectacular.

Dozens of brand-new dump trucks lined up in two rows, quietly parked on the periphery of the construction site, this kind of large truck, commonly known as mud trucks, is durable, powerful and stable, and they will continue to transport ore to Liuhe County in the future.

The images of people in the rain were blurry dots, Wang Zhuo was looking up, and suddenly saw a lot of people gathered in a place far away, as if something had happened.

(To be continued)